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Kevin Sumlin, Gus Malzahn, Bobby Petrino, Chip Kelly use it, and the list goes on. Varieties such as the air raid, and pro-spread have proven to be very lethal to opposing defenses, so why won't Spurrier, the inventor of the FNG try and implement it? If Texas A&m can use it for evil purposes, why can't we? I'd love to see a flat out killer spread be used here.

Kevin Sumlin, Gus Malzahn, Bobby Petrino, Chip Kelly use it, and the list goes on. Varieties such as the air raid, and pro-spread have proven to be very lethal to opposing defenses, so why won't Spurrier, the inventor of the FNG try and implement it? If Texas A&m can use it for evil purposes, why can't we? I'd love to see a flat out killer spread be used here.

Spurrier is an OFFENSIVE guy. His thinking goes right along with the devastating aspect of the Spread. Isn't he the perfect guy to tinker with the Spread, or has he become too archaic in his thinking to innovate anymore?

Spurrier is an OFFENSIVE guy. His thinking goes right along with the devastating aspect of the Spread. Isn't he the perfect guy to tinker with the Spread, or has he become too archaic in his thinking to innovate anymore?

SOS has already made adjustments to his offense to adapt to the zone read......his offense is fine......Malzahn's offense is more run oriented, it's not a spread.

All those guy you mention run very different offenses .. Sumlin runs a verison of the air raid, malzahn is actually a version of the zone read that's predicated on a very run first mentality (essentially the triple option out of the shotgun), Petrino actually had a balanced attack with a couple of pro sets the other night actually .. The spread is such a loose term and over used to describe such a variety of different offenses ... The overall idea is to get athletes into space

Kevin Sumlin, Gus Malzahn, Bobby Petrino, Chip Kelly use it, and the list goes on. Varieties such as the air raid, and pro-spread have proven to be very lethal to opposing defenses, so why won't Spurrier, the inventor of the FNG try and implement it? If Texas A&m can use it for evil purposes, why can't we? I'd love to see a flat out killer spread be used here.

Clemson uses it also... I don't recall them being too successful against us recently. Just say'in...

hence the reason for increased use of the I including play action this year.....so will the I go the way of the back shoulder throw that was used so much in summer practice that we failed to see against A&M, or will we spring it on an unsuspecting ECU....only time will tell.....

I think what Sunbeam is wanting to have to Thompson line up in shotgun most of the time and the get the ball out quicker on short slants and outs, and skinny posts like A&M does. I think that is what he is getting at.

I think what Sunbeam is wanting to have to Thompson line up in shotgun most of the time and the get the ball out quicker on short slants and outs, and skinny posts like A&M does. I think that is what he is getting at.

I think what Sunbeam is wanting to have to Thompson line up in shotgun most of the time and the get the ball out quicker on short slants and outs, and skinny posts like A&M does. I think that is what he is getting at.

Nah, I was talking generically. About offenses in general.

Look... Dylan is likeable but if you are going to play the style you describe, which is pretty much the air raid, and what we will see Saturday.

Above all you have to be accurate. It just plain doesn't work if you aren't.

In a Leach system you can take a six foot tall guy no one wanted, a guy without a rocket arm, and he can put up statistics Andrew Luck could only have dreamed of.

But you have to be accurate in that system.

Other systems you don't have to be so accurate. Tebow had excellent passing numbers, but the nature of that offense meant he got easier throws to make.

I was hoping Thompson would be more accurate this year. Calm down, quit throwing the ball high. He's made some accurate passes, so I was hoping.

But while he doesn't have a lot of starts, this is his 5th year. I'm not sure he can improve. And if he doesn't, then you need to put in someone else who might be able to make those throws. And while it wouldn't bug me to see Orth get a shot, that would probably be Mitch.

Or you could change up and play like you had Shaw still with Nosovitch. Heck totally embrace the spread and play like Malzahn or RichRod are calling plays. I think this would be the strongest option.

But barring a bad injury or two, or a total offensive collapse I don't think we see that.

With very few exceptions our offense has been mediocre without a mobile QB over the past 10 yrs. The latter part of 2006 with Blake is about the only time I can recall the offense operating at a high level with a straight drop back guy.

New day, new time. We absolutely must have a mobile QB imo. History with Spurrier at USC says it's true.

Steve Spurrier's offese is fine especially when we get in the I and run and then play action off the run. Trying to have Dylan Thompson throw the ball 40 times a game will not work because he's just not that type of QB. This team wins when they play keep away.